The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-12-22
NEWS IN GENERAL.
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A panic was caused by the falling OF an
iron pillar during mass In the chapel attached
to the Church Of the Immaculate Conception,
in New York The presence Of 500 people In
the room made the floor settle, and the pillar
toppled over, injuring four persons quite
severely,
Jennie Smith, school teacher, agod %,
Of Lamort, Mich, eloped with Alexander
McGee,a coal black negro, She is the daugh'
ter of well-to-do farmer, Last spring the
negro went to Dakota and thus allayed some
talk in the neighborhood about the two, 1t
is known that they kept up correspondence.
Last week Miss Smith suddenly disappeared,
leaving q note that she had gone to Dakota
to join McGeo. The negro met her in St.
Paul, and it is supposed they were married
and went to their Dakota home.
Pauline Schqitzen, l7-year-old daughter Of
q minister near Swarlsville, N. Y, has
eloped with David Littlejohn, a full-blooded
Tuscarora Indian, who made the girl believe
he was a Spaniard Littlejohn is a worth
less fellow. The girls relatives are hunting
for him, and will make things unpleasant
for him if they capture him.
A peculiarly sad case OF a fortune coming
too late recently occurred in Foxboro, Mass
Gaines Carpenter, native of Maine, decided
to 60 to Texas and engage in the business Of
raising cattle few months previous to the
breaking out of the war. Within month,
he died, leaving a wife and daughter, His
owing to the breaking out OF the war, that
could not be sold and his family
was left penniless. At the close
of the war Gen. Sheridan, who be-
came interested in their story, sent them
North and they came to Foxboro in extreme
poverty The daughter obtained employ
ment in the straw factory, but the work was
too much for her strength, and she died from
over-work, the girls who were employed with
her paying the funeral expenses, that she
might not fill a pauper's grave. The mother
struggled on alone for a while, and then she
was compelled to go to the poorhouse, where
she died few months ago. Recently parties
from Texas have been to Foxboro. and want
to buy the ranch, which is very valuable, and
had Mrs. Gaines and her daughter lived they
would now be very wealthy.
The ship Alfred Watts, which sailed from
Philadelphia early in October for Japan,
foundered when seven days out, and
all but two of the q persons on
board are said to have been lost A son of
William H. lakewood, a merchant of this
city, was on board 1t is not known whether
he was one of the two saved.
The National line steamer Chandorganora
landed 1927 passengers at Castle Garden.
She passed out of the Mediterranean with
1882 persons on board, but five died on the
voyage. Collector Magone has entered COM
plant against the vessels commander for
overcrowding. Captain Jacques, who for
merly commanded the ship was fined Sl5,-
600 in June for overcrowding, the steamer
having arrived in April with 1856 Italian
emigrants and in June with 1893. After his
return to MAJ settles, Capt Jacques was re-
moved and Capt. Touleon given his place.
Nine. Fursch- Madi. Miss Sophie Troub-
man and the tenor, +. Sylvia, have left the
National opera company
A mob surrounded the jail at Leotia, Kan,
and made desperate attempt to lynch
Thomas Allen, who is confined in Jail on the
charge of having been implicated in the kill
ing of Coulter and Ramsey in February last.
Sheriff Edwards and Wade, his under sher-
iff, were in the Jail at the time, guarding
their prisoner. Tho mob broke in the jail
and demanded the prisoner. Their demand
being refused by the officers the mob opened
a heavy fire with rifles on the occupants of
the Jail. The officers returned the fire, and,
after fierce fight, succeeded in repulsing the
mob, severely wounding several of them.
Citizens of Greensboro, KY, observed an
immense balloon at great height but it
seemed to be descending. 1t was found yes
terday in a swamp 10 miles away. The
searching party were Mortified at the discov-
cry of the eInaciated remains of man.
Mrs John Jacob Astor, who literally en-
dowed the Cancer Hospital, died on the 18th
Of cancer. There were present at the time
Mr. W. w. Astor and wife, and John Jacob
Astor, husband of the deceased. Her father,
Thomas S. Gibbs of 10 Fifth avenue. was
formerly planter of South Carolina. John
Jacob Aston, her husband, is grandson of
the John Jacob Aston who founded the
family's fortune.
Gable dispatches from London announce
the confirmation Of the report that the
French government would refuse to allow
the French Gable Company to continue in
the cable pool, and that in consequence it
had withdrawn. Direct, Anglo and Sub
marine cable shares fell off in tho market on
receipt OF the news.
The Senate committee on finance has Or
dered favorable report on the Morrill, bill
to refund to the states the direct taxes i'm
posed by the act of 1861. The aggregate is
about SIS, 100000 1t is tho bill passed by
the Senate last season.
The general manager of the Wisconsin
| Central lines has issued this notice to all en-
ployes: Monday, Dec. 20 the day which
will he observed for Christmas this year. will
be respected as general holiday on the en-
tire system Ct tho Wisconsin Central associ-
! ated lines. Freight houses will be closed and
freight trains will not run, excepting where
it is a necessity for the purpose of taking care
of pershable freight ind live stock. En-
and wish to take trip over the road, will
be furnished with free tickets for themselves
and members of their families by making ap-
plication to the head of department under
whom they are employed. l wish you all a
merry Christmas"
A commission was appointed in the New
! York Legislature in 1856 to report on the
| most humane method of capital punishment.
| The commission consisted of Elbridge T..
Gerry of New York, Matthew Hale, of AL
bany, and DR.. Southwick, of Buffalo. The
commission is now understood to be wholly
in favor of some electrical mode of executing
death sentences. DR.. Southwick has been
making various experiments during the sum-
mer upon dogs in the pound at Buffalo, and
claims to have demonstrated that it is Sd
painless that hardly the tension of q
muscle follows its application.
Throughout south Florida a lynching
epidemic seems to prevail. George Green,
co]ored man, was notorious cattle thief
for years, but escaped the law. Everyone
knew he was guilty, but they could not dc
anything. The injured, outraged and
robbed citizens gave him trial and shift
by the short route. He was in custody at
the time he was led forth to lynching Green
was about 35 years old. A warning to cattle
thieves was pinned to the tree.
1t is understood that the Grand Trunk Rail
way Company is negotiating with the Beaver
steamship line to take its Portland trade
The officials at the United States sub-treas
ury in New York City have discovered large
numbers of 50 silver certificates altered tt
fives
The late Mime. Boucicault's property in
Paris is estimated to he worth $4,000, 600
She left s., 600 900 for the founding Of a hoe
pital.
The generating of gas for extingushine
the mine fire at Calumet & Hecla has beer
stopped. It is believed by mine officials tina
the fire is out.
The New York Herald states that Tony
Hart the comedian shows signs of paresis, the
species of brain decay which killed John
Mccullough, and is killing BARLEY Camp
bell
James Bunce farmer near Erie. Pa
visited his sweetheart, Miss Lydia Patterson
and found another young man in her com
pany. Bunce stepped outside of the house t.
the porch, where he blew his brains out
Miss Patterson then made desperate cifor
to commit suicide with n carving knife, ant
was seriously injured before she could b,
disarmed
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